Effect of Nancy Reagan's mastectomy on choice of surgery for breast cancer by US women

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 762-766

  Nattinger, Ann Butler ^a,c   Hoffmann, Raymond G ^a   Howell Pelz, Alicia ^a   Goodwin, James S ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Div of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032507245     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.10.762     Document Type: Article

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